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Open source MahTweets is a solid, extensible Twitter client for Windows
Want a good Twitter client for your Windows system that doesn't necessitate installing Adobe Air? Check out MahTweets.
If you're willing to overlook the...er...interesting interface, MahTweets is loaded with features. It's built on .Net 3.5 and the Windows Presentation Foundation and is available as a ClickOnce installer. CPU and memory usage are very respectable, and updates are sent and received rapidly.
Twitter power users won't like the fact that MahTweets doesn't support search columns. More casual, conversational users probably won't notice the omission. The app does provide a good way to view the big three - everything, direct messages, and @ mentions.
[via Doug Finke]
If you're willing to overlook the...er...interesting interface, MahTweets is loaded with features. It's built on .Net 3.5 and the Windows Presentation Foundation and is available as a ClickOnce installer. CPU and memory usage are very respectable, and updates are sent and received rapidly.
Twitter power users won't like the fact that MahTweets doesn't support search columns. More casual, conversational users probably won't notice the omission. The app does provide a good way to view the big three - everything, direct messages, and @ mentions.
[via Doug Finke]
Out of the box, MahTweets supports uploading images to Flickr, YFrog, TwitPic, Twitgoo, and Thumbwhere. Webcam capture support is also built in.
URLs can be automatically shortened with either is.gd or tinyurl. Nine color scheme presets are provided and blue, black, and white all look decent.
Facebook is also supported, though it's still somewhat lean. Scrolling through your stream feels a bit clunky, and comments don't appear after you submit them. My timeline also appears to be less-than-current, only showing items more than 12 hours old. Not quite the realtime feed MahTweets pulls from Twitter.
As far as straight-up, three-column Twitter clients for Windows go, though, MahTweets is a solid option.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsPaulSep 8th 2009 8:38PM
Thanks for the kind words Lee.
First up, yeah, facebook is kind of lean. I'm finding the API a little difficult to work with, and to be honest since I use Twitter more than Facebook, I've not put in the manhours to get it up to scratch :)
Search columns *are* coming, I just want to "get it right" rather than release too many half-baked features ;)
New updates should be out before the end of the week, hopefully addressing a few of those issues :)
Will HughesSep 8th 2009 9:03PM
Also worth pointing out that if you've got feature requests or issues - you can submit them on the UserVoice site setup for MahTweets.
http://mahtweets.uservoice.com
ScottSep 8th 2009 9:15PM
Sorry, I just signed up to say this program is the ugliest thing I have ever seen.
PaulSep 8th 2009 9:18PM
Well, it's open source Scott, if you'd like to try your hand at designing the app, we'd love to have you onboard.
ScottSep 8th 2009 9:30PM
I wish I had the skillset, and honestly I appreciate the work of making it open source and available.
That said, I think that applications should need a justification for changing the window style. There is a reason that most applications don't redesign window borders, and it's that a unifying appearance it makes the overall experience of using a computer cohesive. If there is an app that changes the way the window looks, there should definitely be a reason for doing so, and it better look good. This has neither, and I apologize for putting it harshly.
hazardSep 9th 2009 6:46AM
Oh the irony of calling a GUI ugly because it's non-standard is just marvelous. Have any other comedic gems there Scott.